# PiGallery2

PiGallery2 is a fast, directory-first photo gallery website optimized for low-resource servers such as Raspberry Pi, displaying your photo folder structure as-is without modifying any files. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub, TrueNAS and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/135/pigallery2

## Description

PiGallery2 is a fast, directory-first photo gallery website optimized for low-resource servers such as Raspberry Pi, displaying your photo folder structure as-is without modifying any files.

## Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms: Unraid, TrueNAS.

## Health score

73/100 (Good), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 90 (last commit 58 days ago)
- Popular: 67 (2,294 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 45 (2 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)

## Links

- Official website: http://bpatrik.github.io/pigallery2
- GitHub: https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2
- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/bpatrik/pigallery2
- TrueNAS: https://apps.truenas.com/catalog/pigallery2/
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/pigallery2-0vx26790wwqpbt?q=PiGallery2

## Common questions

### Can I use a mobile interface with PiGallery2?

Community posts describe custom web apps that give a mobile browsing interface for an existing PiGallery2 server using its web APIs.

### Is PiGallery2 suitable as a simple online photo display?

One community user describes it as simple, says it does the job, and notes that it displays photos nicely.

### Does the PiGallery2 developer receive payment for maintaining the project?

The documentation states that PiGallery2 is a hobby project and the developer does not get paid for this work.

### Where can self-hosters ask for help or discuss PiGallery2?

A Reddit thread describes the self-hosted subreddit as a place to share, discuss, and gain assistance with PiGallery2.

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